3 3-D Graphics and the Construction of Visual Reality

With both VR and AR, reality is constructed in layers consisting of a variety of media: 2-D text and graphics, photographic images, 3-D graphical objects, video and animations, and audio components (sound or music). In this chapter, we focus on the layer of 3-D computer graphics, the qualities of the space that CG creates, and the ways it remediates early visual media.